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Retro PC gaming on Windows 10, technical aspects, flight sims and space sims a speciality


Controllers and retro sims part 9: Native controller support with virtual controllers, the why, if, which and how
Native controller support with virtual controllers, the why, if, which and how.
Apr 310 min read
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Controllers and retro sims part 8: vJoy/Joystick Gremlin/HidHide & TARGET, looking further
A further look into the vJoy/Joystick Gremlin/HidHide model as an aid to understanding their function and how they fit together to provide a complete solution.
Mar 254 min read
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Controllers and retro sims part 7: More vJoy, Joystick Gremlin & HidHide
A introductory guide looking at some hypothetical examples as an aid to understanding how to use vJoy, Joystick Gremlin and HidHide together.
Feb 1911 min read
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Jane's F/A-18: Catching the Windows 10 wire
A guide to running the Jane's Combat Simulations sim from 2000, F/A-18 Simulator. This sim will run natively under Win10 using either Direct3D or Glide emulation.
Jan 49 min read
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KA-52 Team Alligator: Taking another bite
In a previous guide, the game could be run within Win10. However it ran ok but it didn't run well. This guide will try different techniques to try and improve the Win10 compatibility.
Dec 26, 20252 min read
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Jane's F-15 part 3: Adding head tracking
This guide will be taking a look at the various options available to enable head tracking in Jane's F-15.
Dec 22, 20253 min read
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Jane's F-15 part 2: Missions, mods & utilities
A guide to the fan made mission, mods and utilities available to enhance your Jane's F-15 experience. There have been a large number of fan made missions developed by numerous creators, uploaded to websites and then lost when those websites were no longer available. There have been far fewer mods and utilities, but those that were developed suffered a similar fate.
Dec 18, 20255 min read
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Total Air War part 3: Windows 10 & Total Air War 2.0
The third and final guide in the Total Air War (TAW) series covers running TAW natively in Win10 with the Total Air War 2.0 mod.
Dec 13, 202513 min read
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Total Air War part 2: PCem build
This second Total Air War (TAW) article, will be using PCem v17 to build a virtual machine that can be used to build a TAW release and to optionally play it as well.
Dec 9, 20257 min read
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F22 Air Dominance Fighter part 4: Sounding better
A guide to fixing the sound issues affecting MIDI music, sound fx and speech.
Dec 6, 20253 min read
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F22 Air Dominance Fighter part 3: Dominating in Win 10
A guide to running F22 Air Dominance Fighter under Win10.
Dec 5, 20259 min read
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F22 Air Dominance Fighter part 2: PCem build
This is the second F22 Air Dominance Fighter (F22 ADF) article. This article will be using PCem v17 to build a virtual machine that can be used to build an F22 ADF release and to optionally play it as well.
Nov 30, 202514 min read
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VirtualMIDISynth and MIDIMapper
A quick guide on using the CoolSoft MIDIMapper and why you may want to use it.
Nov 25, 20253 min read
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MiG Alley: Skins & things
This is an update covering various things discovered or changes since the last MiG Alley article.
Nov 6, 202511 min read
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Head tracking with Opentrack & AITrack
This is a quick article briefly discussing the use of Opentrack and AITrack.
Nov 4, 20252 min read
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Controllers and retro sims part 6: vJoy & Joystick Gremlin
A discussion on the use of vJoy and Joystick Gremlin as an alternative to vendor profiling software or native controller support within sims.
Nov 4, 20257 min read
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Falcon 4.0 part 4: Understanding the F4Patch utility
Time to take a look at the F4Patch utility.
Aug 12, 20256 min read
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Tachyon: On 'The Fringe' and in the 'Re'Shade
A guide to enhancing and running Tachyon: The Fringe in Windows 10 with dgVoodoo2 and ReShade.
Jul 8, 20258 min read
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Hardwar. The future is Windows & ReShade
A guide to running the 1998 Software refinery space sim/shooter, 'Hardwar. The future is greedy' in Win10.
Jul 5, 20258 min read
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Jane's Longbow 2/Anthology: Rocketing into PCem
A guide to running Jane's Longbow 2 and Jane's Longbow Anthology under PCem emulation.
Jun 8, 202513 min read
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